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The European Union has rarely played more than an auxiliary role in helping resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in ...

Former political prisoners explain the different ways the dissident movement within the Soviet bloc (1922–1991) took shape.

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It will take strong political and legal co-operation to make sure every Russian war criminal faces justice, including Putin.

NATO allies are rallying behind a dramatic increase in defense spending — boosting targets from 2% to 5% of GDP — a shift former U.S.

With an Israel-Iran ceasefire holding after a shaky start, Trump plans to jet in and out of a NATO summit in The Hague.